Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1931, Page 4

BANK BANDIT SLAN FOLLOWINGHOLDAP Three Companions Seized and $800 Loot Is | Recovered. ®y the Associated Press DUNKIRK, Ind, December 25.—One bank robber was shot and killed, and his three companions were capturcd a few minutes aiter the men had held up and robbed the First State Bank here of loot estimated at $800 to $1.000, yes- terday. The loot was r d “Sheriff I bandit wes 1o mond, Ind. al York State o officer listed thos rence Appoteli of Ct Lorenz Cappelli of Steg Frank Frealetta of Chicago Hei They were driving an armored auto- mobile stolen from Chicago.” The killing of Capitan and the cap- ture of his companions occurred & mile south of Dunkirk. The robbers fled into a corn field after the gasoline had Yeaked from their automobile through holes in the tank, puctured by bullets fired at the car as it sped away from the bank. A large posse. headed by Town Mar- shal W. A. Hamilton, gathered soon fier an alarm was set off in the bank bbery. The alarm was sounded by ries F & fer. who wa e bank v three other employes when the robhers en- tered shortly before closing time. As the possemen approached the rob- bers in the field Capitan fired at them. A return shot felled him and the re- maining robbers, all armed, immedi- stely surrendered peacefully to the town marshal. ELECTION DATE SET Upper Marlboro Will Choose Com- missioners January 4. By & 8tafl Correspondent of The Star UPPER MARLBORO, Md., December 25—The present town commissioners are expected to be re-elected at the annual town election to be held January 4. The polls will be op the fire house Judges of Dav Irving B. Traband b33 n Members the present of Town Commissioners are T. Van Clage president; John Wilson and Charles GUNMEN STEI.\L $10.000 GEMS FROM SALESMAN ¥orced to Accompany Pair to Se- cluded Alley in Philadelphia, He Says. PHILADELPHIA. De Jacobso took his sample stones Jacobson said, then jumped in an automobile and disappeared POLAND AND LITHUANIA BAR YULE TRAVELERS Permission for Cnizer\: of Each to Cross Closed Border at Christ- mas Is Denied WARSAW ‘There was land and tween Po- night because gated the annual L be! As a r both sides U 1 place. The border has been closed for 11 years s! Poles seized the Viina region a rted a dispute with Lithuania SRR eL s S e e et et i L L S oS ddd IS LTI ST T “The world in white, whose gleam anoints G4 The bare tr A gray sky sla Now glisteni: L4 4L L LS Lo e S d L [ Y3 1 F Stref | the business. Christmas (?reetings an(i B The Washington Loan and Trust Company Central Office THE EVENING ALEXANDRIA PAY CUT PLAN IS ABANDONED STAR, WASHINGTO! RECEIVER IS NAMED FOR ORCHARD FIRM Voluntary Petition Filed in “ Charles Town Court |City Council Gives Employes . Is Granted. Christmas Present in Budget Special Dispatch to The Star. CHARLES TOWN, W. Va., December 25.—A petition for a voluntary receiver- ship for Blue Ridge Orchards, Inc, operating extensive orchards in this county, was allowed by Judge D. H. Rodgers in a special session of Circuit Court here yesterday J. Henry Dutrow of Charles Town was named special re- ceiver and was authorized to carry on Revision. Special Dispatch to The tar. ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 25— City cmployes earning over $1.800 a year were given a surprise Christmas present. yesterday by City Council's nouncement that their salaries would not be cut 10 per cent as was provided in the tentative 1932 budget Council decided to assume the Santa Claus role after it was disclosed that only $3,712 would be saved by the pro- posed reduction in salaries, which {would affect higher paid employes only. The proposed cut in salaries of | city employes earning under $1,800 a | | year was eliminated from the 1932 budget several weeks ago. Funal action on the budget for next | year, as well es city tax ordinance is | to be taken by council at a special | meeting, December 31. The petition was presented by four stockholders, Mr. and Mrs, Harry C. Warden of Berryville, Va., and Mr. and 5. J. Ashby Sprint of Winchester, Va, ilivies are listed at $85,000, includ- $57.000 1n bonds secured by a deed perty is a 579- 1 district in this in orchard at { growih, It was for- Bend Orchard Co,, and over by the Warden an¥f m 1923. It had an autior- tal stock of $100,000. The fifth tor Is George H. Levi, Berry- et el ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., December 25 (Special).—The funeral of Dr. James Edward Deets, prominent physician, | former president of the County Board of Education and for one term & mem- ber of the House of Delegates, who died | at his home at Clarksburg Tuesday, was FOUR HURT IN CRASHES ON BALTIMORE HIGHWAY Accidents Occur Near Muirkirk held yesterday afternoon from' the olle icti: Ne: lle byterian Church ‘The SodiiCollsee Barks S Victims | services w ducted by the pastor, | | Rev, Gustavus was In the church ceme. bearers were Jullan B. Waters, A. R. Selby, Willlam Waters, £cui W. W..- fleld and John F. Hargeit, elders of the Neelsville church, and Eugene H Waters, superintendent of the Sundav school.” Dr. Deets was for nearly 50 years a member and 40 years an elder of the church from which he was buried. Rev. Henry K. Pasma of the Presby- Taken to Hospitals. Kundahl, and ¢ The Star { . Md, December 25. ou ns were injured in two accidents on the Baltimore Boulevard last night | Miss Louise Price, 15 years old, of the 1500 block of Neal street northeast, | suffered lacerations of the forehead and | possible fractured ribs in an accident A gayly decorated tree arettes, handkerchiefs, candy canes, etc. In the photo, back row, left to right ley, Dr. Victor Aimone, Rear Admiral Ch: Gen. and Mrs. John T. Hines and Mr. Isaac Gans Several hundred veterans received their taste of Christme. pital, when they were given presents donated by W. With music by the Marine Band and Robert R. Tolson as Santa C! Bishop Freeman, Admiral Robert Coontz, Mrs. Patrick J. Hurl arles T. Riggs, Santa Claus (Robert Tolson), ) FRIDAY, DECEM Notables See Santa Work at Mt. Alto Hospital VETERANS PRESENTED WITH GIFTS. ashington merchants and friends BER 25, 1931. s Wednesdav night at a party given in Mount Altn Hos The gifts were piled high beneath aus, the veterans were given socks containing cig- —Harris-Ewing Phot . Secretary Hur- Representative Edith N. Rogers, | FAILS TO FiX BLAME IN BRAKEMAN’S DEATH Alexandria Coroner Ends Probe on Killing of Trainman in | Potomac - Yards. ALEXANDRIA BUS WAR BEGINS ANEW Battle for Passengers Is Re- sumed After Refusal of Injunction. Special Dispatch to The Star. | ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 25— | Stating that he was unable to fix the blame for the death of William Cronk, | 46, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Po- | tomac Railway brakeman, killed at work at Potomac Yards, Wednesday morning, Coroner T. Marshall Jones concluded his investigation of the acei- dent yesterday afternoon by saying he “could not say that the accident was unavoidable.” Cronk was killed when two ecars came together during the process of shifting a train. He sustained a broken neck and fractures of both legs. Funeral services will be held tomor- | row afternoon at Wheatley’s Funeral | Home, with burial at Bethel Cemetery. | He is survived by his widow and seven children. CHAUFFEUR MISSING; FIVE ARE STRANDED Tourists’ Baggage Worth $2,500 passing an A" B. & W. bus at the sped of 45 miles an hour on the Alex- Also Disappears From andria-Washington road. He was charged with violating the city traffic I 8pecial Digpaten to The star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, December 25— | Following Judge Walter T. McCarthy’s refusal to grant Alexandria-Washington | busses an injunction to restrain the A B.’& W. Rapid Transit. rival line be- | tween here and Washington, from run- ning other than scheduled busses on their line, Alexandria’s bus war has begun anew Judge McCarthy held that his court did not have jurisdiction in the matter of schedules and referred zttorneys for the Alexandria-Washington to the State Corporation Commission of Virginia. Another act in the bus war was staged when Cecil Marlow, driver of an | Alexandria-Washington bus, was fined Alexandria. law. =gt R e A | Hurt as Car Hits Pole pecial Dispatc - Star ALEXANDRIA. Va. December 25 bbbl g Five westward-bound automobile tour- | _ BETHESDA. Md. December 25 P irts were stranded here vesterday when E_Grifin of 4407 Elm street v their chauffeur disappeared with the Cl;;:" was sligh ired last automobile in which they were travel FHAN NS autompbile strick a telephone ing and baggage valued at $2.500. taken to Dr. E. G. Bauersfeld and traat. The five had dealt with an agen which arranges automobile trips by ac- | 0. for cuts and bru case was investigated by Officer Rov Davis. 0. near Muirkirk. George Yost, 35, 1900 | block N street, another occupant of the car, sustained a lacerated scalp. Both were taken to Casualty Hospital Bernard Hyman, 45, and R. E. Hy- man, 21, both of New York City, suf- fered cuts and bruises when an auto- mo! 1 which were riding col- terian Church officiated at the marriage | at his home here Wednesday of Miss | Nell D. Romaine and Robert J. Jones, both of Washington, and Miss Julia Miller and Earl Willlams, both of Jop- lin, Va. Licenses were issued here yesterday for the marriage of Maurice C. Gheen, CHANGES SUGGESTED IN COURT’S CONDUGT lided w a telegraph pole near Col- |21, and Louise May Bowling, 18, both | Minors’ Exclusion From Trials in lege Park. The vounger Wan Wwas of Fairfax, Va Clarence Samuels, 24, % treated at Casualty Hospital, while and Hazel Virginia Mills, 21, both of Certain Cases Is Urged in B arc Hyman was taken to Sibley Fredericksburg, Va.; Warner E. Hicks, of Mechum River, . f Tvy, Va., and Anna R Va.; Ferguson E. A. Nicholson, 25, | Prince Georges. the accident, k the pole in an g & machine that Bva Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., December arihe Moic Ghnrallte o3 s 25—Two suggestions concerning the be the adopted child of Mr. and Mrs. | conduct of Prince Georges County Fred A. Woodis of Chevy Chase and | courts were mace by Raymond W. Bel- Changing her name to Myrtle Carmalita | 1y pegeral director of employment The little girl is a niece of Mrs. Wood- | for Marvland, in letters received by | | 15, and has been making her home with | Walter M. Grimes, president of the Mr. and Mrs. Woodls for several months, | County Commissioners, today. Her parents consented to the srrange- | Mr Beilamy suggests that justices of ment. peace exclude minors from sessions of | scious, along | to hunt for s of the crew after they had | vick. Md. Physicians | us head injuries have been d an order Court here vesterday de- B. Peter s CONDUCTOR INJURED IN FALL FROM TRAIN Cumberland Rail Worker Is in Martinsburg Hospital—Con- dition Serious. | Spec Merry (Christmas and A Happy New Year fi onductor had gone back along to investigate wheel trouble { pped. The engineer, unaware the conductor had left the traim, operation, and in mounting the in the conductor was thrown und and rolled down a bank. | resu | maving t | to the | == o | CHARGED AS SPEEDER The Star. Md, December 25.— of Charlotte, N. C., a hurry to get_home av, but Prince | o thought he was > fast. T Ralph Brown had to tax his| der car to the limit to catch m, <4 Morris Plan Bank Under Supervision U. S. Treasury # T s st the ma inued h e. a companion driv- After arranging bond | E A Christmas, so bejeweled doth call A message, sparkling, true, Of peace on earth, good will to all, That is our wish for you.” ees hoar with frost; shed with diamond points, ng, now lost— il I ‘,'l‘fiw‘yx,}\h!/‘[ | }, i I R Ng » = =5 = . = = e T = est Wishes God grant you - - - Happiness and Mirth and best of Friends around your hearth and all the joys of Health, And may you own the Glorious Things which true contentment always brings with just enough of Wealth, And may you find along your way the Christmas Spirit every day Harry G. Meem President West End Office et at Ninth Seventeenth Street at G Resources Nearly Twenty Millions P B B B b e B b T T B T S T B T T T DT T b T ) is car with a watchtul eye op the REXBRBRBEXZ =225 | speedometer. | B : SBRES | their courts when testimony not “‘con- ducive to their welfare” is to be heard | ¢ and that the audience rise at the en- | trance and exit of the Count; Court judge. lamy cites personal experiences. says he attended a recent inquest at Bladensburg, where he noticed several | Death young boys listening to sordid testi- | Christmas party for 40 orphans, when to Police |a bus carrying them to crashed into a telegra one and injuring two others rony. Court, he says, he has been surprised to note that no one rises when Judge g ! In making the suggestions. Mr. B:{l e During his visits J. Chew Sheriff walks to the bench. The dead child President Grimes declared he consid- | Lester G 8 | ered both suggestions very meritorious. 11, we) RASH KILLS ORPHAN y Police | Two Others of Bus Christmas Party Are Injured. SAN FRANCISCO. December 25 (&) — a gay last night interrupted All Toys V4 off Sweepingly reduced for quick and @ complete clearance Chnose from the remainder of our toy stock at one-fourth original prices. We sell toys only during the holiday scason | —hence reductions are drastic and all-embracing. | Third Floor | Womea's Real §1 Kisn:'iel:v.es.f, $1'98 $2.50 & $3.00 Values High-grade Kid Gloves and Wash- able Capeskin Gloves. Cleverly trimmed_slip-ons and fancy styles. Black - with - white with-white and light Street Floor. Girls’ $6.00and ) 9 $7.00 Coats . . $3 8 39 of these smart coats. reduced from our regular stock. Chinchilla and plain and fancy cloth coats in tailored and fur-trimmed styles Sizes 2 to 6 and 10 to 14, Few of a style or size. All sales final—Sec- ond Floor. Sale! $3.00 Foundation Garments shadc All Fancy Gifts G eatly OPEN A CHARGE ACCOU T le celebration pole, kiliing vReduced‘—Manji at I:Ialf-Pric-_:é.' | quainting motorists Wwith prospective passengers to the same destinations The victims of the incident yesterday were Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Adams. George Crain and Boris Filker of New Charles Hannings of Cali- ; York, and s = "1l Installed Not Over $2.50 fornia. | The baggage which they left in the ||l Windshield PI car included a sextant valued at $1,000, | Not Over Esl:r”g;ll!l “WE SATISFY” police were told. It was said the driver Open Sundays Until 2 PM. Authoerlais—s had been paid $90 shortly after le:vmz‘ New York. | The stranded travelers communicated | || with the Travel Bureau and were told | another car would be sent to take them to their destinations in California and | Louisian: ! | “GLASSER'S,” INC. | 2nd and Fla. Ave. NE. NT Here Is the Winner! Mrs. Paul Whiteman 1108 M St. N.W. Has Been Awarded the $65.75 PHILCO Radio Set The winner is invited to call at the manager's office to receive this fine set. $1 lars anc cludin Wit Winter Coats $3. Sold singly for Canton crepe. nning New Fur- Trimmed Models Worth 8.95 to $25 January Sale coats far bel igh weaves and i Man fur fabrics. result rom another special pur- w their worth. Tailored of spongy center weaves. Black and colors an Wolf (dog). vicuna, marmink Sizes 14 to 20, 38 to 50. Second Floor 95 and $4.95 Silk Dresses 2 for $5.00 $205 200 of these heautiful dresses, in- ng all sizes 14 10 20, 38 to Fashions of distinction h many coloriul trimmings. Of flat crepe, satin and Black, navy, brown, tile and green Second Floor. FOUNDATION GARMENTS, of fine striped material with knitted elastic gores over hipline. Inner belt. Side fastened. Sizes 34 to 50 RUBBER REDUCING GAR- MENTS—Pure rubber. covered with rayon material and lined with Coats Lined Leatherette N $2.95 59c Rayon Undies 3 for $1.00 Regular and extra sizes ||| Dainty lace-trimmed, appliqued and tailored styles, | of rich, serviceable quality rayon. Bloomer-bot- tom and flared-bottom chemises, step-ins, panties nd vests in regular and extra sizes; gowns in regular sizes in the assortment | stockinette fabric to absorb the per- ||| Sizes 4 to 18 spiration. Boned over the n;‘dnmr;g. } P 4 z o | Swami brassiere top. Sizes 34 to eal Winter is coming! Every 1 00 F “ F h d S lk H | [If: boy will need one of these big 5 uli-rasnione 1 ose | TWO SPECIAL GIRDLES. made (Il (\\ 4 warm coats. Sheep of brochea with elastic gores over [[| o [7C¥: WATM oaseh ¥ A 7 : i the hips. Side-fastened models. eece ng. corduroy cing, -very pair perfect and every pair of exquisite qual- large fur fabric collar. Four re- ||l itv. Silk-to-the-top chiffon hose, extra sheer, with dull | long or medium length. Sizes 27 to 34. Second Floor. | | inforced pockets Street Floor. finish: also fine service weight silk hose. Both have picoted tops. 69c! RayonCrepeDresses | New 1932 Fashions Si. in Gay Prints and Flain Colors zes 14 to 36, 38 to 46 Second Floor. $1.50 and $2.00 SILK MESH HOSE—The fashionable large Pishnet mesh pure silk hose, every pair perfect Black, smoketone and Negrita. Also slight irregulars of full-fashioned silk hose with small or medium mesh— Street Floor. $1.19! l 2,200 New Shirts Fresh Shipment for a Great After-XmasSale Collar-Attached Style Wrapped in Cellophane Created of the incomparable ||l What better way to spend | “Prosperity Prints,” and other [l “Christmas money” than for a sup- (|| shimmering, serviceable fabrics. New ply of these good shirts? Tailored | jacket styles, side ties, self belts, of firm, close-textured broadcleth in vestees, large revers, piquant hows. tan, hlue, green and white. Indi- Dark and medium color combina- vidually wrapped in cellophane. tions and solid colors. Charming Values to make the day after Christ- {§! fashions for street and aiternoon mas as busy as the day before! All |§| wear. sizes to 17. Street Floor.